Right, having scattered random questions over the forum, I have decided I'm going to re-scape my current tank! In another forum I asked about emptying it and starting again, but I've decided that all I really need to do is re-consider the plant stocks and where I put them. So I'm going to up root some current ones and re-plant old ones. Overall, I'll stock a higher level of plants than before.
for background, my tank is a 1m long by 55cm deep and about 40cm wide. Its about 18 months old now and I've been through several (all of the usual) issues So now I'm going to (hopefully) put it all into practice.
Several months ago I swapped the filter for an over-sized Fluval FX5 and over this last weekend I have made my first attempt at a spray bar, which works ok but not 100% perfect yet!
I have rather a lot of lighting - 4 Grobeams, which I calculated with some help of a great American website but it turns out to be very bright! So a couple of months ago I invested in a TMC 8-way controller and now have the lights on at about 40%!
Co2 injection is inline UP atomiser, which I added about a year ago, when I swapped to the Fluval FX5.
Even with the spray bar, I expect a couple of parts of the tank still won't get great flow when I've re-planted because of the layout and planting mass. However, I'm hoping that the mid ground plants will block out un-seemly stems and the tops will still get plenty of flow.
I'll post the current pics tonight and also try and upload my new planting plan to hopefully get some ideas about planting arrangements. I'm planning to shopping for new plants at the wkd!
Paul
for background, my tank is a 1m long by 55cm deep and about 40cm wide. Its about 18 months old now and I've been through several (all of the usual) issues So now I'm going to (hopefully) put it all into practice.
Several months ago I swapped the filter for an over-sized Fluval FX5 and over this last weekend I have made my first attempt at a spray bar, which works ok but not 100% perfect yet!
I have rather a lot of lighting - 4 Grobeams, which I calculated with some help of a great American website but it turns out to be very bright! So a couple of months ago I invested in a TMC 8-way controller and now have the lights on at about 40%!
Co2 injection is inline UP atomiser, which I added about a year ago, when I swapped to the Fluval FX5.
Even with the spray bar, I expect a couple of parts of the tank still won't get great flow when I've re-planted because of the layout and planting mass. However, I'm hoping that the mid ground plants will block out un-seemly stems and the tops will still get plenty of flow.
I'll post the current pics tonight and also try and upload my new planting plan to hopefully get some ideas about planting arrangements. I'm planning to shopping for new plants at the wkd!
Paul